Rob and Kiesha Get Married

Uggghhh.

At this point in the game, I’m ready to just put a Cheerio on my finger and call it a day.

This is the list of jewelery stores we’ve been to:

Jack Siebert

Zales

Kay Jewelers

Andrews Jewelers

The Diamond Cellar

Jared’s (The Galleria of Jewelers)

Helzberg Diamons

Ashcroft & Oak

J.B. Robinson’s

Jack Siebert was going to be ridiculously expensive. Zales sounded promising, but I finally got a quote today and they said it was going to be around $1200 for two rings, which is TRIPLE the price of other places (I don’t think the dude knew what he was talking about, but I’m tired of getting the run-around from them). Kay’s and Andrews are looking promising. The Diamond Cellar was too expensive and snooty. Jared’s also looks promising. Helzberg Diamonds didn’t even have the ring we wanted. Ashcroft & Oak was staffed by very helpful people but it was too expensive. And we got the distinct impression that J.B. Robinson’s couldn’t have cared less.

Apparently the problem is that I want my wedding band to match my engagement ring. And my engagement ring is flat, not curved at the edges. No jewelery store has had flat bands in stock. It’s actually getting kind of funny at this point.

Me, walking into jewelery store: Hi.

Associate: Hi! What can I help you with?

Me: I’m interested in 14k white gold flat plain wedding bands.

Associate: Oh, okay, those are right over here. (Hands me a curved wedding band)

Me: Well, this is a little more curved than I want. I want something more like this. (Removes engagement ring, shows associate)

Associate: Ohhhh, you want flat flat.

Maybe I’m not up on my jewelery lingo. Maybe the next time I go into a store, I’ll just say, “Yes, I’m looking for a 14k white gold wedding band. But I need it flat. You know, not flat, but flat flat.”

And then they’ll say, “Well, we have flat flat flat.”

And then I’ll say, “Gosh, that’s a little too flat.”

Like I said, that box of Cheerios is looking pretty good.

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